August 26, 1968 –
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts released Paul Newman’s directorial debut, Rachel, Rachel, starring Joanne Woodward, Estelle Parsons, James Olson, and Geraldine Fitzgerald on ths date.
The production was a small-scale one, with a small budget (reportedly only $700,000) but it eventually emerged as quite a big moneymaker, as well as being one of the studio’s prestige movies of its year.
